Head-To-Head Comparison: AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) versus Ethema Health (OTCMKTS:GRST)

AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) and Ethema Health (OTCMKTS:GRST) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for AMN Healthcare Services and Ethema Health, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AMN Healthcare Services	2	2	5	0	2.33
Ethema Health	0	0	0	0	0.00

AMN Healthcare Services currently has a consensus price target of $21.42, indicating a potential upside of 32.82%. Given AMN Healthcare Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AMN Healthcare Services is more favorable than Ethema Health.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.8% of Ethema Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares AMN Healthcare Services and Ethema Health’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AMN Healthcare Services	-10.14%	10.89%	3.18%
Ethema Health	-9.35%	N/A	-5.77%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares AMN Healthcare Services and Ethema Health”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AMN Healthcare Services	$2.98 billion	0.21	-$146.98 million	($7.19)	-2.24
Ethema Health	$6.02 million	0.51	-$2.06 million	N/A	N/A

Ethema Health has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AMN Healthcare Services.

Volatility and Risk

AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ethema Health has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AMN Healthcare Services beats Ethema Health on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AMN Healthcare Services

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. provides healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services to healthcare facilities in the United States. It operates through three segments: Nurse and Allied Solutions, Physician and Leadership Solutions, and Technology and Workforce Solutions. The Nurse and Allied Solutions segment offers travel nurse staffing, labor disruption staffing, local staffing, international nurse and allied permanent placement, and allied staffing solutions. The Physician and Leadership Solutions segment provides locum tenens staffing, healthcare interim leadership staffing, executive search, and physician permanent placement solutions. The Technology and Workforce Solutions segment offers language services, vendor management systems, workforce optimization, and outsourced solutions. The company also provides allied health professionals, such as physical therapists, respiratory therapists, occupational therapists, medical and radiology technologists, lab technicians, speech pathologists, rehabilitation assistants, and pharmacists. It offers its services under the brands, including AMN Healthcare, Nursefinders, HealthSource Global Staffing, O'Grady Peyton International, Connetics, Medical Search International, DRW Healthcare Staffing, and B.E. Smith. AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

About Ethema Health

Ethema Health Corporation operates behavioral healthcare space specifically in the treatment of substance use disorders. It offers rehabilitation services. The company was formerly known as GreeneStone Healthcare Corporation and changed its name to Ethema Health Corporation in April 2017. Ethema Health Corporation is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.